AA European Breakdown Service

If you have ever needed to make use of your AA Breakdown Cover in the UK, then you'll know just what a life-saver it can; offering roadside cover in any car; national recovery; and onward travel to your destination, most people wouldn't even think of not having at least some form of breakdown cover. Well, AA European Breakdown Service can now help you out if you happen to be travelling in Europe.

Amongst other benefits, AA European Breakdown Service provides cover for vehicles of any age and offers roadside assistance or towing to the nearest garage after a breakdown or accident; AA European Breakdown Service also provides for recovery of your vehicle back to the UK or onwards to your destination.

Handily, AA European Breakdown Service is also available for just the outbound part of your trip if you don't plan to return to the UK within thirty-one days.

Also, if you have already begun your trip, but you happen to have forgotten to purchase AA European Breakdown Service, and you're still in the UK, then you can still buy AA European Breakdown Service by telephone or from the AA shops at Dover or Folkestone.

In fact AA European Breakdown Service offer three different levels of cover, according to your needs: Short Break Cover; Lite Cover; and Full Cover. For full details of what is covered with each level of breakdown cover you should refer to the AA European Breakdown Service website; but, essentially, the following options are available within these three levels of breakdown cover:

* claim limits from £300 up to £6,000
* 24-hour English-speaking helpline and language translation service
* Roadside assistance and emergency repairs
* Location and despatch of spare parts
* Vehicle recovery to the UK or - if it's cheaper - onwards to your original destination
* Cover for trailers
* Alternative travel and accommodation
* Up to £50,000 of legal protection

And, when you're ready to sign up, there's no waiting around for documents to arrive in the post - your AA European Breakdown Service can begin right away, as soon as you sign up online.

Dealing with a breakdown in any situation can be stressful, but it's much more stressful when you're trying to deal with a breakdown in a foreign country and in a foreign language; those unfortunate enough to have had the experience will no doubt recall the memory with some amount of pain.

However, while AA European Breakdown Service doesn't perform miracles, it's a pretty useful service to be able to avail oneself of in the event of a breakdown, providing not only the technical expertise to liase with foreign recovery services where necessary, but also translation services too.

AA European Breakdown Service isn't quite the same as AA Breakdown Service though, not least because AA Patrols don't usually operate outside of the UK, but help is still just a telephone call away, and instead of a familiar yellow AA van turning up, AA will arrange assistance from a local motoring organisation or garage instead.